U.S. giant Anadarko snags tiny Calgary gas company

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The US energy giant Anadarko Petroleum Corp. acquired Access Northeast Energy Inc. just days after the tiny Calgary company secured key government approvals for a $500-million liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. This acquisition helped in accelerating Canada's entry into a crucial emerging part of the global energy market.

Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction, Crude petroleum and natural gas, Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas, Natural gas liquids, Petroleum refining, Oil & Gas Extraction, Oil and Gas Extraction, Gas industry, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., APC, Liquefied natural gas industry, Petroleum and gas industry software, Access Northeast Energy Inc.

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CGI bulks up again with major US deal

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CGI Group Inc., Canada's largest computer services company in its latest step to bulk up through takeovers acquired American Management Systems Inc., (AMS) its second major purchase in over a year. CGI would take over AMS, a computer services based in Virginia near Washington D.C., for $1.14-billion.

Computer and Data Processing Services, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, CGI Group Inc., American Management Systems Inc.

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Investors rush to biodefence

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Companies that manufacture bioterror detection devices are experiencing a surge in stock prices since anthrax cases have been found in the United States. Bayer AG, a German company that makes an antibiotic treatment for anthrax, also saw its stock price move upward.

Germany, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, Newspapers, Newspaper Publishers, Drugs, Securities prices, Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, Surgical and medical instruments, Analytical instruments, Mass Spectrometers & Spectroscopy, Newspapers NEC, Diagnostic Test Kits & Reagents, Instrument industry, Instrument industry (Equipment), Economic aspects, Pharmaceutical industry, Newspaper publishing, Crimes against, Securities, Chemical industry, Bayer AG, Medical equipment industry, Medical testing products, Bioterrorism, Medical test kit industry, BAYZY, Cepheid Inc., American Media Group Inc., Luminex Corp.

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